Sep. 18, 2022
Dear Chair Gensler, I am writing to thank you for taking steps to make it easier for investors like me to understand climate risk. Every day, I see how climate change is affecting me financially, and therefore, not just my lifestyle and comfort and health, but my children and most importantly my grandchildren and their lifestyles, comfort, health and in fact, their very future existence. Today, I listened to an interesting analysis of what various corporations and financial stakeholders are doing to address climate change eliminate practices that are increasing the risks to human life as well as the rest of life on earth that occur when those entities cause pollution of various kinds (air, water, and soil primarily). A large portion of my retirement income has come from our investments in various stocks, and we are concerned about having information that can wisely influence our choices in this area. We need to know that we are not personally and financially contributing to increasing the risks our children and grandchildren will face after we are gone as inhabitants of our planet Earth. We urge the SEC to limit investment in companies who do not reduce practices that increase pollution and slow the progress so many responsible companies have made toward mitigating negative climate change effects. Transparency is crucial for making those decisions. Please make future decisions about investment based on responsible corporate and company practices in regard to climate risk and climate change, and increase investment in companies and corporations that share that information openly. Thank you. Sincerely, Sandra Reiberg